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35*W MAIN ~~~ LEHI BAKERY LEHI , UTAH COUNTY ANDRE\\' A. PETERSO:\ PROPERTY ALEX JAl\1ESO~ PROPERTY GLE:\ /CO:\f~IlE :\IELSE:\ PROPERTY JAlV1ESON BAKERY JULIA[\ DRCG GLEN'S BARBERSHOP THE BRIDAL CENTER Constructed : 1889 (home) 1946 (business) Address: ~5 'Vest Main (borne) 35 West Main (business) Present owners: Glen/Connie Nielsen The entIre southwest comer of Main and Center long ago was the property of Andrew A./Mary Ann Pherson Peterson. The couple arrived in Lehi from Sweden in the fall of 1862 .and shortly afterwards settled on their Main Srreet propeny. Thev originallv lived in an old five-room ariobe house on the site. But in 1889 theY bUll! a new dwelling on the spoto-the current GlewConrue Nielsen home. A century ago that house was the gathering spot of local Scandinavian Monnons. Peterson served as president of the SC3I1dinaVlan Saints of Lehi for more than thiny year.>. as well as a SiXtenn CIty councilman. twelve-year-member of the local school board. several year.> as general water master. four years as a Lehi pOiiceman. and a duector of the People' 5 Co-op In 1943. long ai1er Andrew A. Peterson was dead. the Alex Jameson fanulv moved to Lehi and purchased his old Mam Street home. At this nme Jameson established a bakery m town at two different locations. In earlv 1946 Jameson corrurusslOned local contractor Alma Peterson to build a new bakery building east of his home. The twenrv-bv-sIXTY foot block building with bnck front boasted a large oven, storage area. and glassed rus plav room. The Grand Opening of the new Lehi Bakerv "'(15 held on ::: July 1946. The Jamesons moyed to Monnceilo in mld-1950 and Julian Drug opened m the fonner bakery on 6 September 10 50 The Julian fanulv also rented the vacated Jameson home next door. Local bov, Paul Julian. Jomed the naVY during World War lJ and spent mOST or his seTVIce as a pharmacls(s mate In Rhode lsiand. When he returned home he used his GI bill to obtain his degree at the Idaho State School of Pharmacy at Pocatello. He worked briefly at a pharmacy m Sprague, Washington, before returning to Lehi. In early February 1954 Julian announced he had purchased the Merrihew Building, where the State Bank or'Leht had been located from 19 19 to 1953 . After Julian's Drug moved from 35 West Main the place remamed vacant for a nme. In October of 1958. Glen and Connie Nielsen bought both the fonner bakery/drug store bwldIng and the old Peterson home from the Jameson family. After extensive remodeling. Nielsen. who for the previous three years had been barbenng at the Hotel Utah and the Regal Barber Shop, opened Glen ' s Barber Shop at 35 West Mam on 14 Februarv i 959. Barber Bovd Wilkin worked m Glen 's Shop for a orne. But when Nielsen became involved m a WIg busmess m Salt Lake City m the fall of 1969, his barber- shop was leased bv Ganv Sampson. who hari been barbenng m Midvale for several years. While Sampson barbered m the front of the shop. the back half was occupied by Coruue Nielsen ·s Gerue Scarf dismbutorsruo. Evenrually Samoson sought emplOYment elsewhere. after "'Thch Coruue Nielsen opened her own seamstress shop m t he buildmg on 28 Novemocr I Q70 TItis 'N That. as the busmesswoman named her place. occupied the ennre building. In ariilinon to custom sewmg, the speclalllY shop carned wedding Items. COMle ·s business iater evolved into the Bridal Center which speCialIZes m the rental and sale of wedding dresses. Also aV311able are a wide vanerv of fabncs and nooons. 45 West Main as it looks today 35 West Main as it looks today 33 A GUIDE TO LEHI CITY'S HISTORICAL SITES AND PLACES Published by the Lehi Hisrorical Preservation Commission 1997 funded hv )!ranlS from the t lah Slale lIistorical Socicl\' alld I ,l'hi ( 'ityCorporation : lR~~:>':':· ' \-:':~·S Peterson *" . ' I fO'~"r" med, (QuJ}_~atlon F ",",-, ,, ,. : ' ' ' '~ ' " ~ " :' 1'" .,,0: . e ne al ogy ·~ · ~,;-,~: .,', .. t e! 'J~ for;:·Lehl , ~~ ea~ .Y g .. /:7 1' .···:·. -'· . ' ,J,", ' "'". " .:~',~', , : . . " "~'!'i ~BY RiCHARD VAN WAGONER!' e" '~ The entire southwest corner ,~~ :Main and Cente-r long ago was ~~~ " . . . f, .•:; , .:,', ,.... .. property of Andrew A.. an d:Mary,· " .", " " . . .. . >.. ;Ann Pherson Peterson', grandp;tt: : r '" y :'ents of Lehi's oldestcitizen, Yir~J: , l..· . . J ' .. , :. , J 'Peterson. -" . > + o ¥ : : ','. Near thoe end ofth, e 19th ceI1.t u.r'/" '~ h t the streetswa.i1ing t a ' there were three Andrew P e.terso ns. Peterson was dead. Or picture in Lehi. That could have been 1 l' men simultaneous Y c eanng , , source of considerable throat after Bishop Cutler call.e~ Imagine the town crier , ., . "- .... . L' ·h·'.· ·t· ,;:,; 'Ie''s"t'e " ears' >0. The conimerCial building on the left, at 35 West Main, was The home oil the right was builtin 1889. .,: • 1;ye~ierNearS ,: .' ~;: :':';j'~ ;:~:';'1 ',,"":/':,:/;Jr~ ;i{;i .. . ' '' > . c. ''' • \ " ·c· .~_ Andrew Peterson to offer benedl~, . tion at worship ser~ices. · '. To distinguish h1Jl~self from the others, Andrew fr?m Ystad adde,d . the initial A. to hlS name. Hadhe lived a wee bit 10nger,l,1e woul,d have been joined in life by yet a~. ' other Andrew Peterson ,;ho w~s ' " born in tow'n in 1919.. ,That ~,a lot of :.' Leh st , Petersons. Iri fact; lt s " 1 S mo.,. ) I common surname. ...·,>: . " f ' E . ?N t v 11' [ ., Smith ,Johnson, vans. 0 e e. ,., ,. . Th; local phone di~ect~t:Y no r lists 47 Peterson an d SlX Peter families. . ; E ,C' Peterson and Petersen are . course Scandinavian names. r . drew A. Peterson was from S:-",ed tl '., He and his. wife Mary arnve TI , Lehi in the fall of 1862 and sho afterwards settled on their' s 1 . Street property. · . . .. g t 1~~i;~1*~~~~~~~n:~! . : and Connie Nielsen home th r Continued from front page ,"/home he used his GI bill to obtain . be seen in today's photo. · . P: Peterson serVed as president ofthe ;::,his degree at the Idaho State School .' A century ago that domici ly ! ScandinavianSaintsofLehiformore !';;,9fPharmacy at Pocatello. the gathering spot o~ local than three decades as well as a six- ;~ A He worked briefly at a pharmacy Norwegian, and Swedlsh Mo y , YESTERYEARs term city councilman, twelve-year- ¥ ip Sprague, Wash., before returnmember of the local school board, ~. ~ ihg to Lehi. ,. ; . ,' I ' See .... .. . ..... several years as general water mas- .it In early February 1954 Julian . ,.- ,<,,·.-u-vor:me-openea a bndal ter, four:years as a Lehipoliceman, . - announced that he had purchased ~.. . in Provo, still maintaining her and a directorofthe People's Co-op. ,the large Merrihew Building (98 ..... business. In 1982 she com.,In 1943, long after Andrew A. . ;W,est Main) where the State Bank . bined her Lehi and Provo enterhadadvancedtohisheavenlyabode; :<:i;JtLehi had been located fromJ919 ~,' prises into a single shop at her 35 the Alex Jameson family moved to ;·W1953" :.,West Main business house. . The Bridal Center today specialLehi and purchased his' old Main \:;!i~\ After Julian's Drug moved from Streethome.Atthistime;Jameson ;:; 35 West Main the place remained ,· izes in the rental and sale of wedestablished the Lehi Bakery at 116·b'1vacant for a time. In October 1958, :, ding dresses. Also available are a West Main (Kellie's in 1991). The ,J Glen and Connie Nielsen bought · wide variety of fabrics and notions . following' year he moved the busi- . " both the former bakery/drug store ,: Although Connie no longer offers ness to-the former dress shop in .,;·; building and the old Peterson home general boutique items, she mainGoodwin's Golden Rule at 86 West '~'::from the Jameson family. . tains an extensive custom sewing Main (Laney's Circus Video today). 'j .!.:', After extensive remodeling, bbusiness in her shop. In early 1946 Jameson commis- ' Nielsen, who for the previous three \' ..... sioned ' local contractor Alma .\ years had been barbering at the Petersontobuildanewbakerybuild- <·Hotel Utah and the Regal Barber ing immediately east of his home. Shop, opened Glen's Barber Shop at The 20 by 60 foot block building ' 35 West Main on Feb. 14,1959. with brick front boasted a large :' ;l'l Barber Boyd Wilkin worked in bake ' oven, storage area, ' glassed ' Glen's for a time. But when Nielsen display room, and a painted sign : 'became involved in a wig business i a~ve the entryway whi~h is still i~ :Salt Lake City in the fall of 1969 I vlSlble. The Grand Openmg of the ' hIS barber shop was leased by Garry ~ new Lehi Bakery was held on July ~am~son who had been barbering ~ 22, 1946. ; . '"J,' . ,. m :Mldvale for several years. ¥ The Jamesons moved to '. While Sampson sheared local Monticello in mid-1950 and Julien men and boys in the front of the i! Drug opened in the former bakery , . shop, the back half was occupied by .~ on Sept. 6, 1950. The Julian family JaConnieNielsenGenieScarfwholealso rented the vacated Jameson ; sale distributorship. Hundreds of ! home next door. :.. ..... colorful women's headgear and acI Local boy Paul Julian, my older cessory items were in stock there. brother, joined the Navy during . Eventually Sampson sought emWorld War II and spent most of his ployment elsew}:tere, after which ! service as a pharmacist's mate in : Connie Nielsen · opened her .. own i1 .R.110~e. Islan~.'. -,Whe!1. h~ _T~tur.ned - _~amstres!j ,s.popi.n,thE1Qllil<i,iI)g ,on . ..... l " " . . . . ' . . • . - . . . .. . . .. - . I I 1 i ~ . ~ ~ "1 on '••. w:~'st~'~~eats . -:·"- '~---- The commercial building on'the left, at 35 West Main, was built for the Lehi Bakery in 1946. ' ' ).- 1 ' " The home~:ori- the right was);tiUtin 1889.:\>, , , _ . :~", .. ,;._.,'''~~:'~_-J ..c:,_:,··._~:,.:,~_~-·}~~.~~:\~r(:~r ', Conbmied from front page :V home he used his GI bill to obtain _,l November 28, 1970. This 'NThat;' Peterson sen.ed as president of the i,:\his degree at theldahoState School ' as the businesswoman named her ScandinavianSaintsofLehiformore 1iCof Pharmacy at Pocatello. place, occupied the entire building. than three decades as well as a six-,i::~ 1 He worked briefly at a pharmacy In addition tocustom sewing the term city councilman, twelve-year- '],:;:,in Sprague, Wash., before return- specialty shop carried boutique and , member of the local school board, £t: ihg to Lehi. (:,. 'j wedding items. several years as genera~ wa~ermasIn early February 1954 Julian , In. 1978 Cor.~ie op:ned, a. bridal ter, four y~a!s as a Lehl pohceman, ,,' announced that he had purchased ,_ shop 10 Provo, stl]] ma1Ota101Og her and a directorofthe People's Co-op. the large Merrihew Building (98 ;:" Lehi business. In 1982 she com:.In 1943, long after Andrew A. ,West Main) where the State Bank . bined her Lehi and Provo enter· had advanced tohis heavenly abode, - .!ofLehi had been located from 1919 _, prises into a single shop at her 35 the Alex Jameson family moved to to 1953. West Main business house. The Bridal Center today special· Lehi and purchased his old Main :, ' After Julian's Drug moved from Street home. At this time, Jameson , 35 West Main the place remained izes in the rental and sale of wed· established the Lehi Bakery at 116 ('~ vacant for a time. In October 1958, ' ding dresses. Also available are a West Main (Kellie's in 1991). The ": Glen and Connie Nielsen bought "' wide variety offabrics and notions. following year he moved the busi- both the former bakery/drug store Although Connie no longer offers ness to· the former dress shop in <~ building and the old Peterson home - general boutique items, she mainGoodwin's Golden Rule at 86 West <':· from the Jameson family. tains an extensive custom sewing Main (Laney's Circus Video today). V,' ~ After, extensive remodeling, business in her shop. In early 1946 Jameson commis- ' Nielsen, who for the previous three sioned local contractor Alma ·. years had been barbering at the Petersontobuildanewbakerybuild-" " Hotel Utah and the Regal Barber ing immediately east of his home. Shop, opened Glen's Barber Shop at The 20 by 60 foot block building " 35West Main on Feb. 14, 1959. with brick front boasted a large t;';~ Barber Boyd Wilkin worked in bake ' oven, storage ,area, glassed ' Glen's for a time. But when Nielsen display room, and a painted sign " became involved in a wig business above the entryway which is still in'Salt Lake City in the fall of 1969 visible. The Grand Opening of the ' his barber shop was leased by Garry new Lehi Bakery was held on July Sampson who had been barbering 22, 1946. '; in!Midvale for several years. The Jamesons moved to ", ': While Sampson sheared local Monticello in mid-1950 and Julian mEm and boys in the front of the Drug opened in the former bakery shop, the back half was occupied by on Sept. 6,1950. The Julian family a ConnieNielsen Genie Scarf wholealso rented the vacated Jameson " sale distributorship. Hundreds of home next door. colorful women's headgear and acLocal boy Paul Julian, my older cessory items were in stock there. brother, joined the Navy during Eventuallv Samn"""" "n"~\..· , - J W"...l,l UT~_ TT - - ~ - -